Jane Jennings was an American actress known for playing older motherly characters. In a 1918 edition of ''

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'' she is described as a sweet looking little woman.

Famous Players Famous Players Limited Partnership, DBA Famous Players, is a Canadian-based subsidiary of Cineplex Entertainment. As an independent company, it existed as a film exhibitor and cable television service provider. Famous Players operated numerous m ...

was one of the studios where she worked. She is on the cover of the sheet music for ''

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'' (1918). By the 1925 film ''Self Defense'', she had played 178 mother roles in films.

Filmography

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'' (1918) * '' The Girl Who Came Back'' (1918) * '' I Love You Just the Same, Sweet Adeline'' (1919) * ''

The Woman Under Oath ''The Woman Under Oath'' is a 1919 American silent mystery film directed by John M. Stahl and starring stage star Florence Reed. As with the previous Stahl and Reed film, ''Her Code of Honor'', it was produced by Tribune Productions and released ...

'' (1919) * '' As a Man Thinks'' (1919) * '' The Climbers'' (1919) as Aunt Ruth * ''

The Lion and the Mouse The Lion and the Mouse is one of Aesop's Fables, numbered 150 in the Perry Index. There are also Eastern variants of the story, all of which demonstrate mutual dependence regardless of size or status. In the Renaissance the fable was provided w ...

'' (1919) as Mrs. Ryder * '' The Cost'' (1920) * '' His House in Order'' (1920) * '' The Gilded Lily'' (1921) * '' What Women Will Do'' (1921) as Mrs. Wade * '' The Case of Becky'' (1921) as Mrs. Arnold * ''

The Inner Chamber ''The Inner Chamber'' is a 1921 American silent romantic drama film produced and distributed by the Vitagraph Company of America. It was based on the novel ''The Blood Red Dawn'' by Charles Caldwell Dobie. The film was directed by Edward José ...

'' (1921) as Mrs. Robson * '' What's Your Reputation Worth?'' (1921) as Mrs. Pettus * '' The Heart of Maryland'' (1921) as Mrs. Claiborne * ''

Haldane of the Secret Service ''Haldane of the Secret Service'' is a 1923 American silent film, silent adventure film directed by Harry Houdini. The film stars Harry Houdini, Gladys Leslie, William J. Humphrey, Richard Carlyle, Edward Boulden, Jane Jennings, and Charles Fan ...

'' (1923) * '' Broadway Rose'' (1922) as Mrs. Lawrence * ''

A Pasteboard Crown ''A Pasteboard Crown'' is a 1922 American silent drama film directed by Travers Vale and starring Evelyn Greeley, Robert Elliott and Gladys Valerie.Munden p.593 Cast * Evelyn Greeley as Sybil Lawton * Robert Elliott as Stewart Thrall * Gladys ...

'' (1922) as Mrs. Lawton * '' The Challenge'' (1922) as Mrs. Hastings * '' The Darling of the Rich'' (1922) as Jane Winship * ''

The Go-Getter "The Go-Getter" is a short story by P. G. Wodehouse, which first appeared in the United States in the March 1931 issue of ''Cosmopolitan'' (as "Sales Resistance"), and in the United Kingdom in the August 1931 ''Strand''. Part of the Blandings ...

'' (1923) * ''

Trouping with Ellen ''Trouping with Ellen'' is a 1924 American silent comedy film starring Basil Rathbone, Gaston Glass, Helene Chadwick, and Mary Thurman. Based on a short story by Earl Derr Biggers that appeared in ''The Saturday Evening Post'', this was Rathb ...

'' (1924) as Tony's Mother * '' A Man Must Live'' (1925) as Mrs. Ross-Fayne * ''

The Little French Girl ''The Little French Girl'' is a 1925 American silent drama film directed by Herbert Brenon and written by John Russell and Anne Douglas Sedgwick from a 1924 novel by Sedgwick. The film stars Mary Brian, Maurice de Canonge, Paul Doucet, Maude Tu ...

'' (1925) * ''

Self Defense Self-defense (self-defence primarily in Commonwealth English) is a countermeasure that involves defending the health and well-being of oneself from harm. The use of the right of self-defense as a legal justification for the use of force in ...

'' (1925) * ''

Enemies of Youth ''Enemies of Youth'' is a 1925 American independent silent drama film directed by Arthur Berthelet and starring Mahlon Hamilton, Gladys Leslie and J. Barney Sherry.Munden p.215 Cast * Mahlon Hamilton * Gladys Leslie * J. Barney Sherry * J ...

'' (1925) * ''

False Pride ''False Pride'' is a 1925 American silent drama film directed by Hugh Dierker and starring Owen Moore, Faire Binney, Ruth Stonehouse, and J. Barney Sherry. Plot As described in a film magazine review, a young man who prefers legal practice to a ...

'' (1925) * ''

The Romance of a Million Dollars '' The Romance of a Million Dollars'' is a 1926 American drama film directed by Tom Terriss and starring Glenn Hunter, Alyce Mills and Gaston Glass.Langman p.177 Cast * Glenn Hunter as Breck Dunbarton * Alyce Mills as Marie Moore * Gast ...

'' (1926) * '' Broken Homes'' (1926) * '' The Virgin Wife'' (1926) as Virginia Jamieson * ''

The Song and Dance Man ''The Song and Dance Man'' is a 1926 American silent comedy drama film produced by Famous Players-Lasky and released through Paramount Pictures. It is based on a play by George M. Cohan and was directed by Herbert Brenon. A copy of the film is ...

'' (1926) as Ma Carroll * ''

Burnt Fingers ''Burnt Fingers'' is a 1927 American mystery film directed by Maurice S. Campbell and starring Eileen Percy, Ivan Doline and Edna Murphy.Wlaschin p.41 A young woman working as a dancer at a nightclub goes to confront a man who is blackmailing ...

'' (1927) as Mrs. Cabell * '' Faithless Lover'' (1928) as Mrs. Seeton

References

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Jennings, Jane American silent film actresses Year of birth missing Year of death missing 20th-century American actresses